Scrub Team Leader

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Royal London Hospital for a dynamic, innovative, and highly motivated Renal Theatre Practitioners to join our team as a Band 7 Senior Team Leader. We are seeking a professional with substantial experience as a Band 6 Team Leader in recent Renal, Transplant and Robotic scrub within an acute hospital setting to lead the team in Adult Theatres.

The successful candidate will lead and support a team of theatre scrub professionals, ensuring high standards of patient care are delivered to those admitted via the emergency and trauma pathways. A key responsibility will be providing clinical supervision and developing team members to ensure they possess the skills and attributes required to support the trauma service in a safe environment at The Royal London Hospital.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional organisational skills to deliver a safe and efficient Renal and Transplant service. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and independently as needed, to provide an excellent peri-operative experience for patients.

In return, you will receive support from the management team in developing day-to-day theatre management, rota management, procurement, and people management skills to fulfil quality and safety objectives. We are committed to your ongoing professional and educational growth.

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week (variable working pattern including weekends and Bank holidays).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for effective and efficient operational day to day management of the practice setting, including standards of care, budget management and control, clinical governance staff development and training. The post holder is professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards of professional practice and standards of care. They will provide professional clinical leadership within a defined practice setting and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will undertake and supervise clinical practice, audit, research and teaching to set, monitor and continuously improve standards of care and patient experience. The post holder is accountable for managing and developing team performance, managing a devolved budget ensuring efficient and effective use of physical and human resources. The post holder will Take ultimate responsibility for the standard of the environment within his/her identified area of responsibility, ensuring patients’ needs are met and staff maintain cleanliness as defined by national standards. They will be accessible and visible to staff, patients and visitors and will ensure that patients are treated with respect and dignity. They will act as professional role models and provide direction and inspirational leadership to all members of the multi-disciplinary team within the area for which accountable for

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.